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(No Model.)

- W. H. DAVENPORT.

SHELL EXTRAGTOR FOR BREAKDOWN GUNS. No. "565,605.

Unirrsn @TATIESH ATENT FFICE.

WILLIAM iL DAvEnPonr. F nonWIoH. oonnsorrcnr.

sieslrzggsxreaoren res easnl-iuown'euns' SPEUIIICATIGN forming part oiLetters Patent No. 585,605, dated August 11, 1896. Application filedNovember 294895.. Serial lilo- 79,544- Cl'o model-l To aZZ whom it mayconcern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. DAVEN:

POR'", acitizeu of the, United States, residing at Norwich, in thecounty of New London and i 5 State of Connecticut, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Shell-Extractors for Breakdown Guns; andI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the. invention, such as Io will enable others skilled inthe art to which appertsins to make and use the same, referce being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference markedthereon, which form at part ,of this specification.

i 5 My invention relatesto shell-extracting dei2 5 forward-end of saidextractor-rod, arranged whereby the act of breaking down or opening thegun brings the bent portion of said'lcver into engagement with theadjacentpart of theft-sine, thereby forcing the upper part of the lever;together with the extractor-rod,

renrwardly and at the same time forcing the shell from its seat. Thereversal of the operetionythat is, closing the gun, causes the i'rame toengage the rear end of the rod and 5forcc the latter back to its normalposition, all as will be more fully hereinafter set forth and clsimcdfThe object I have in view is to produce an cilicicnt positive-actionshell'cxtracting device, the parts composing it being comparativclyinexpensive and not liable to become ttlve.

accompanying sheet of drawings,

1 gut-c l is a side elevation, in partial section, of a breakdown gunembodying myimpmvement, the parts being in the normal position. Fig. 2is a similar view, the barrel being tilted, showing the extractor as inuse. Fig.

El e it View of the rec-.1- ond of the barrel and ertractor; and Fig.4is etranst'erse sectional View ofi the barrel, taken on line a: motFig. 1 p and showing" the forward end of the frame.

My improvement is well adapted to breakdown shotguns provided with anywQll-lmown locking and firing means. Therefore I make no claim herewithto such parts.

In the drawings, 6 indicates the barrel; f, the frame member, secured tothe breechstock; it, the hammer; t, the trigger; l, the top snap leverthrough which the. lockingboltm is operated; b the lug secured to orintegral with the barrel; p, a removable pin or screw-hey passingthrough the forward part'of the frame and lug and forming a pivot 011'which the'bnrrel is capable of being tilted, 6 5 and f the fore-woodsecured to the'barrel and fitted to the semicircular end 2; of theframe. I

The forward part of the barrel-lug b is slotted vertically, as at I), toreceive the L-shaped extractor-operating lever 0. (See also Fig. 4.)'lhe'short arm 0' of this lever ispivoted at its outer end to the lowerpart of said slotted portion by means of a pin 0 The other arm of thelever extends vertically, its free end being adapted to frict-ionallyengage the for; ward end of the extractor-rod a, soon'to be described.

The heel or knee portion a of the lever c is arranged to extend belowthe barrel-lug, so do that when the barrel is being tilted from thenormal position the said heel portion will thereby contact with theadjacent surface f of the frame f, thus forcing the upper part of thelever rearwardly. It will be seen that 8-5 the lever and correspondingportion of the lug b do not extend outwardly or beyond the curvedsurface 5 of the frame. The said extractor-redo is, as drawn, simply around rod fitted to slide endwise in a corresponding hole formedlongitudinally in the upper part of the barrcldng. In order to preventthe rod from turning and at these-inc time to limit its endwisemovement, it is slotted on its under side and provided with a. stop-pind, 9 5 fixed in the lug, su bstentially as usual. The rear end of therod is provided with a round head a, the lug being counterborcd toreceive it, as clearly shown. The upper side of the head of is cut awaytoqfol'm-a seat a and being )1'2u'tienll \:t emitinnnlion of theeounlerhore 1/",l'ormed in the end oi the hurrel l'or the rgweption ofthe rim poi-lion oi the shell s, and eoneentrie with the here of thebarrel. (See Fig. Ii.)

It obvious from the foregoing description that after \vilhdrmving thelmlt 'm the net of tilting the inn-rel, as in opening lhegunqvill causethe heel of the lever 1' to engage the surl'neej" of the stationarylrzunej', thereby at the sometime positively swinging the free arm ofthe lever w m'w'a-rdly and forcing the rod 11 in the same direction,h'lHll movement of the rod also f'err-ing the shell from ihe barrel :1(-orreshondingdistnnee. (See Flex 2.) him further-state that the formand relnl ion of the said parts 4- oi the levell" oithe frame, and 1/ olthe rod r/ are sneh that the slidnlile exlrnvlor is ililvrlmfiellbetween and prneiieully in engagement with the vertical I'm-e f of theframe and the rear vertical time of the lever-arm met all times whilethe gun is being opened and ('losed. 'l'n .-losing the gun the hive ofthe head 1/ slides downward against the l'rame-l'au-e /",therehy forcingthe extractor to its seat. The several parts are shown in Fig. l in thenormal ])()Si1,i()ll,llS 'lhus it will when the gun is l'nll v closed.

he S0011 that the device is positive ig its action, heth in opening andclosing the gun. No springs what ever are employed, and it is00mpnmtivelv inexpensive to make and notlinhle to become inoperative.

I claim as my inventionin nhrealcdovvn 5.11m, provided with nbarrellug,the lfrmne, and the usual adjunctive deviees,the eomhi nation of theendwise-movable extractor-rod a seated in said barrel-lug, said rodhaving an enlarged round head portion re Coneentrie therewith fitted. ina correspondingly-Slmpod sent eounlerlmred in the rear end of the lug,and the extractor-lever cpivota'lly mounted in the forward end of'saidlug, having, its free end adapted to engage the forward end of said rodu, the heel e of said lever being, in engagement with the forward partof the said grun-frmne, substantially as hereinhefore described and forthe purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of twowitnesses.-

WILLIAM H. DAYENIOR'J.

\\'itnesses:

(mo. H. REMINGTON, REMINU'ION SHERMAN.

